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The 16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (french: XVIe législature de la Cinquième République française) was elected in the
2022 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...
. It was preceded by the 15th legislature.


Composition of the executive

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President of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency i ...
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Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
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LREM Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
), since 14 May 2017


Membership

For the first time since the 1988 legislative election, the incumbent President of France failed to earn a parliamentary majority in the National Assembly. The 2022 legislative election was widely seen as a severe blow for Emmanuel Macron. Both the outgoing President of the National Assembly
Richard Ferrand Richard Ferrand (; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th const ...
and leader of the
La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
party in the National Assembly
Christophe Castaner Christophe Castaner (; born 3 January 1966) is a French politician, former minister of parliament, and former Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020. In 2017, he was elected for a 3 year term as chairman (''délégué géné ...
lost their seats. The position of
Élisabeth Borne Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...
as
Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
was put into question following the election result. On 21 June 2022, she offered her resignation to President Macron, who refused to accept it. On 28 June 2022,
Yaël Braun-Pivet Yaël Braun-Pivet (; born 7 December 1970) is a French lawyer and politician who has served as President of the French National Assembly since 28 June 2022. She is the first woman to hold this position. A member of La République En Marche (LREM ...
was elected to succeed Ferrand as President of the National Assembly."Yaël Braun-Pivet élue Présidente de l'Assemblée nationale"
National Assembly of France (in French), 28 June 2022. Hemicycle Elections Juin 2022.svg, Composition of the National Assembly following the 2022 election according to Ministry of the Interior candidate labels XVI French NA with all parties.svg, Composition of the National Assembly with all parties shown separately


See also

* Candidates in the 2022 French legislative election *
Election results of Cabinet Ministers during the 2022 French legislative election This is a regrouping of the election results for cabinet ministers during the 2022 French legislative election. Context On 20 May 2022, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne composed a government of 27 members. The Ély ...
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List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2022 French legislative election This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) who lost their seat in the 2022 French legislative election. All of these deputies sat in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic but were not returned to the French Parliament in the election ...
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Results of the 2022 French legislative election by constituency Following the 2022 French presidential election in April, in which Emmanuel Macron secured a second term and beat Marine Le Pen, the 2022 French legislative election was held to elect the 577 seats of the National Assembly. The first round took ...


References

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